Take your pick
On the programme, one of our political correspondents will be out testing how much the public recognise people like Nick Clegg, Chris Huhne, Steve Webb and the rest. They're Lib Dem leadership contenders - or at least expected to be. Could you pick them out in a crowd?
More seriously, and picking up on the themes about ageism we were discussing yesterday, Vince Cable (64) has ruled himself out of the race. He says " an older candidate is not electable because of the "irrational prejudice" shown towards Sir Menzies over his age. What is the cut-off age for a politician then?
So who is who?
Our political correspondent Jo Coburn has been out asking people if they recognise any of the potential leadership candidates. You can hear what she discovered on today's programme.
Here she is with PM's no-expense-spared "name that Lib Dem" poster...
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Ideally, the cut-off age for politicians could be set at about eighteen, or as soon after that as they show signs of being irredeemable.
Ideally, the cut-off age for politicians could be set at about eighteen, or as soon after that as they show signs of being irredeemable.
Ideally, the cut-off age for politicians could be set at about eighteen, or as soon after that as they show signs of being irredeemable.
Oh, if we're talking about actually "cutting-off" politicians, then I say the younger the better. Preferably at the age where contraceptives will stop them all-together.
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I wonder if the Lib Dems are hoping that anyone over 60 will vote for them ?
They all look a bit shifty to me.
I wonder if the Lib Dems are hoping that anyone over 60 will vote for them ?
They all look a bit shifty to me.
I wonder if the Lib Dems are hoping that anyone over 60 will vote for them ?
We don't recognise prominent personnel amongst the Lib Dems or smaller parties, because the media including radio 4 never fail to focus on two sparring parties. Lib Dems are only given attention when there's a leadership difficulty, never on the creation or articulation of a raft of constructive policies
I don't recognise any of them. But I don't know what Vince looks like anyway. Are they pictures of Dick Emery?
Either nobody knows, or nobody cares? Scary thought for the lib dems.
I recognise Steve Webb in the pink shirt, Chris Huhne in the black tie and I think Nick Clegg in the gold spotty tie.
Do I win?
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This is my second attempt - I apologize if you've already received it.
Are the Liberal Democrats expecting anyone over 60 to vote for them ?
Oh, if we're talking about actually "cutting-off" politicians, then I say the younger the better. Preferably at the age where contraceptives will stop them all-together.
(4 502s...)
I don't know who any of these people are, but it's interesting that on the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News poll page, over 78% of respondants think Charles Kennedy should run.
It was nice to see the word FAT being used on the newsletter. I was thinking only this morning that nobody is FAT any more but OBESE instead.
Nothing to do with recognising Lib Dems - you could have included a picture of Ming and I wouldn't have been any the wiser. (Maybe you did!?)
I recognise three of them.
But I also have a point about Minyiz Campbell - I donβt think his actual age was the main factor, but how old he looks. Plus the inevitable media-stirs-up-minor-story aspect.
Well, I recognise Julia Goldsworthy on the top row, alongside Chris Huhne. Nick Clegg and Susan Kramer are on the bottom row, but I don't know who the two on the middle row are....
Oh, if we're talking about actually "cutting-off" politicians, then I say the younger the better. Preferably at the age where contraceptives will stop them all-together.
(Five 502s...)
I don't know who any of these people are, but it's interesting that on the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News poll page, over 78% of respondants think Charles Kennedy should run.
ah..the old Lib Dem party....just WHO are they?
They're all too young to hold high office!
What's the world coming to? We're kept in order by policemen too young to shave and politicians hardly out of nappies!
Good government never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders.
-- Frank Herbert, "Children of Dune"
Wed Oct 17 14:37:11 BST 2007
They're all too young to hold high office!
What's the world coming to? We're kept in order by policemen too young to shave and politicians hardly out of nappies!
Good government never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders.
-- Frank Herbert, "Children of Dune"
Wed Oct 17 14:37:11 BST 2007
New cast for Torchwood.
Oh, if we're talking about actually "cutting-off" politicians, then I say the younger the better. Preferably at the age where contraceptives will stop them all-together.
(Six 502s...)
I don't know who any of these people are, but it's interesting that on the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News poll page, over 78% of respondants think Charles Kennedy should run.
I'm not impressed at the mug shots! Are you putting them on the iPM site?
Iβm going to try AGAIN!
I recognise three of them.
But I have some thoughts on the Minyiz Campbell resignation, too. I donβt think his age was actually the issue, so much as how old he looks - and of course allowing for the way the media promoted this βstoryβ beyond its minor status.
Coo, I am impressed by sending something twice, the second because I was told the server was unavailable, and having it appear three times! That's what I call service. Very poor service, but service... I wonder how many times this will appear?
Oh yes, what I wanted to post about: i almost forgot.
I don't think I would buy a used political party from any of the people in the photographs you've put up.
Testing 14:03
I heard on Today this morning that MPs will be getting marketing training. Judging by this lot I'd say the money would be better spent on some sort of reality TV make-over for them.
Where are Trinny And Susannah when you need them?
SSC (18),
"over 78% of respondants think Charles Kennedy should run."
I thought Brits stood for office, while Americans ran, but only an incomer like me is likely to notice the slow colonisation of English from the former colonies...
Salaaaami
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"Zaphod grinned two manic grins, sauntered over to the bar and bought most of it."
- Zaphod in paradise.
SSC (18),
"over 78% of respondants think Charles Kennedy should run."
I thought Brits stood for office, while Americans ran, but only an incomer like me is likely to notice the slow colonisation of English from the former colonies...
Salaaaami
ed
"Zaphod grinned two manic grins, sauntered over to the bar and bought most of it."
- Zaphod in paradise.
Okay, now you've just made me look stupid by re-arranging the photos and taking out the two women! I'm disappointed, Sequin!
SSC (18),
"over 78% of respondants think Charles Kennedy should run."
I thought Brits stood for office, while Americans ran, but only an incomer like me is likely to notice the slow colonisation of English from the former colonies...
Salaaaami
ed
"Zaphod grinned two manic grins, sauntered over to the bar and bought most of it."
- Zaphod in paradise.
I would recognise their voices, but as I only get my news via the radio, I don't do so well with their faces :)
SSC (18),
"over 78% of respondants think Charles Kennedy should run."
I thought Brits stood for office, while Americans ran, but only an incomer like me is likely to notice the slow colonisation of English from the former colonies...
Salaaaami
ed
"Zaphod grinned two manic grins, sauntered over to the bar and bought most of it."
- Zaphod in paradise.
SSC (18),
"over 78% of respondants think Charles Kennedy should run."
I thought Brits stood for office, while Americans ran, but only an incomer like me is likely to notice the slow colonisation of English from the former colonies...
Salaaaami
ed
"Zaphod grinned two manic grins, sauntered over to the bar and bought most of it."
- Zaphod in paradise.
Ed (29)
Quite right. They stand for office so they can sit in parliament.
Sid
Ed (all over the place, as most of us are at the mo'):
You're right, I unthinkingly parrotted the "run" from the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ web page soliciting the votes. Both I and the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ should know better.
OK, I don't know any of them, but I do know how to navigate around Wikipedia... :)
Top left: err, dunno (looks vaguely like a weather presenter!)
Top right: Chris Huhne (currently their DEFRA secretary)
Bottom left: Nick Clegg (currently their ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Affairs spokesman)
Bottom right: Steve Webb (currently the chair of their manifesto team)
Oh, and the photos on Wikipedia are rather more flattering than the mugshots above...
(Ho hum - return of the 502!)
Yesterday I saw this in a care home:
Age is a quality of mind. If you have left your dreams behind, If hope is cold, If you no longer look ahead, If your ambitions' fires are dead, Then you are old.
But if from life you take the best, And if in life you keep tbe jest, If love you hold, No mattes how the years go by, No matter how the birthdays fly, You are not old.
A web search indicated that it is poem by H. S. Fritch, entitled "How Old Are You?"